Cycling the American Northeast

Tag: Essex

The 2016 Tour de Greenbelt started at the Essex County Greenbelt’s Cox Reservation and Headquarters, 82 Eastern Avenue, Essex, MA 01929. Go to tourdegreenbelt.org Greenbelt, Essex County’s Land Trust works with local landowners and communities to conserve the region’s farmland, wildlife habitat, and scenic landscapes. Cue sheets 25-MILE Cue […]

North Shore Cyclists (NSC) is a recreational bike club in the North Shore area of Massachusetts. Over 400 members span the spectrum from beginning cyclists who join to learn more about the sport to advanced cyclists. Gordon Harris maintains the club’s website and this interactive map of North Shore Cyclists […]

Description from CTBikeRoutes: This is a mostly flat to rolling ride through scenic areas of Centerbrook, Ivoryton, Deep River, Essex and Old Saybrook. Amongst the places visited are the Connecticut River Museum, Saybrook Point (possible lunch or snack stop) and optionally Fenwick and Cornfield Point. Start: Route 9 […]

Description from CTBikeRoutes: This interesting and challenging ride passes through the Otter Cove section of Old Saybrook en route to the Baldwin Bridge bike trail crossing the Connecticut River. The route then travels up to Hamburg via mostly back roads before tackling the very hilly and difficult Joshuatown […]

Description from CTBikeRoutes: This interesting but hilly ride uses mostly country roads as it visits the towns of Westbrook, Killingworth and Haddam Meadows State Park. The route takes you past Cedar Lake into Chester and Deep River villages before dropping down to Essex near the end of this […]

Description from CTBikeRoutes: This ride features visits to Centerbrook, a pass-through of the Otter Cove development, a possible lunch/snack stop in Essex village at the Connecticut River Museum and a visit to Deep River Landing before tackling the hilly portion of the ride on a seldom used back-roads-return […]

Tour de Slate

Middletown Springs, VT
August 3, 2019

Come ride with us and help change a life! Tour the beautiful bucolic slate valley of western Vermont and bordering NY. All net proceeds will be donated to Teen Challenge, Vt. in their continuing effort to help change lives from addiction. To register and more info visit: www.tourdeslate.org.